Leaders of Ganasanghati Andolan on Wednesday alleged that the rules and regulations set by the Election Commission (EC) for the registration of new political party contradictory to the constitutional rights of people.
The leaders came up with the observation at a roundtable at the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday.
The party leaders alleged that the terms and conditions of the EC's party registration rules were set in such a way so that intending new parties certainly fail to get registered, reports UNB.
These rules of party registration are contradictory to people's constitutional right to form political party and contest elections as there are some provisions which have made getting registration difficult, they alleged.
The Election Commission on October 30, 2016 issued a notice for new party registration for General Election and Ganasanghati Andolan submitted their registration application on December 31, 2017 as per the rules, they said.
Late, on April 8, the organisation also submitted all the required documents as per the rule of the EC and it was scheduled to conduct field-level inspection, if necessary, they said.
But the EC before any field inspection, cancelled the applications of 73 parties among 75 stating that they failed to fulfill the terms and conditions and regulations of party registration and they (EC) did not even give any explanation over it, they added.
They also presented some observations about the loopholes of the new party registration rules, and hoped that the EC would take positive decision about Ganasanghati Andolan and other political parties who applied for registration.
Ganasanghati Andolan ConvenerZonayed Saki presided over the programme. It was addressed, among others, by President of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Muzahidul Islam Selim, President of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD), Khalekuzzaman, Nagarik Oikya ConvenerMahmudurRahman Manna, Jahangirnagar University Prof Anu Muhammad, journalist and columnist Syed Abul Maksud.